Travels in the United States of America - Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. - With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages - Across the Atlantic. by William Priest
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CLIMATE--Cooper on this subject not to be depended upon--quotation
from Jefferson--the N.W. wind not accounted for--Volney--his intended investigation WHITE SLAVE TRADE--mortality on board a white Guineaman from Ireland-- Hibernian and German societies--the trade not allowed in New England--a German flesh-butcher sells his countrymen at Philadelphia during the fatal yellow fever of 1793 JOURNEY TO BOSTON--Pennsylvania the garden of the United States-- Bristol--Trentown--New Brunswick--New York--arrival in Yankee Land--land speculators harangue--interrupted--arrival at Boston--P.S.--dramatic mania--detestation of the primitive Bostonians to theatricals--are first introduced as moral lectures--the theatrical opposition BATTLE OF BUNKER'S HILL--inscription from a monument on the scene of action--anecdotes of Cox, the celebrated bridge-architect--connects Boston with the Continent--goes to Ireland, where he builds seven bridges BOSTON--situation--West Boston--advantages of the harbour--the long wharf--new theatre--university of Cambridge--new bridge a mile in length-- Irish market BOSTONIAN FIRE ALARM--amateur firemen--negro incendiaries--good effects of their villainy FANATICISM--Brownists--intolerance proved from their own writers-- rebellion against parents made a capital crime--smoaking tobacco and drinking healths forbidden--proclamation against wearing long hair-- persecution of the Quakers--Penn's retaliation--poetry |
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